| BRYSON | 'The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid', a memoir by Bill -- (6) |
| THROPP | Titular protagonist of the 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by US author Gregory Maguire (7,6) |
| ELPHABA | Titular protagonist of the 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by US author Gregory Maguire (7,6) |
| AINT | "___ Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations" |
| INDRA | Chief god of the Rig-Veda, whose weapon was the thunderbolt, or vajra (5) |
| ZEUS | His weapon was the thunderbolt |
| AUTHOR | A novel by Lodge, a story by Asimov and a memoir by Wodehouse? (6,6) |
| UNIQUE | Being the only one of its kind; title of a memoir by athlete Kelly Holmes (6) |
| TUSCAN | Under the - Sun; film based on a memoir by Frances Mayes (6) |
| ORANGE | ___ Is the New Black, US comedydrama series based on a memoir by former felon Piper Kerman (6) |
| SORO | Biography subtitled "The Life and Times of a Messianic Billionaire" |
| GRIZZLYADAMS | "The Life and Times of ___ ___" (Adventure series which starred Dan Haggerty as a frontiersman) |
| AVA | Actress Gardner of The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean |
| COETZEE | J.M., South African author of 1983's The Life and Times of Michael K (7) |
| REZA | "Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth" author Aslan |
| KISMET | First seen on Broadway in 1953, which musical is set in the times of The Arabian Nights? (6) |
| MONTHS | Times of the year when insects fly around midevening (6) |
| HER | "On ___ Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker" |
| JUDGEROYBEAN | 'The Life and Times of ---', 1972 film starring Paul Newman (5,3,4) |
| LOCUST | Place and time of Biblical plague (6) |
